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PostPosted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 3:56 am 

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Lycanthia and Atten Ash announce release of split 7" Vinyl
December 6, 2014

Doom bands Lycanthia and Atten Ash have collaborated to deliver a new limited split 7" this winter. Featuring “The Harbinger” for Lycanthia, and “City in the Sea” for Atten Ash, this split will serve as a prelude to each band's forthcoming full-length albums as well as present a very first vinyl release for everyone involved! There will only be 300 copies printed with 140 available for sale through Hypnotic Dirge Records. This vinyl comes with a sleeve insert featuring band information as well as three free stickers!
We are now accepting pre-orders for this vinyl with the release date set for January 22, 2015.

Pre-order Lycanthia / Atten Ash Split 7": http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Lycanthia: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/lycanthia-main.php
Atten Ash: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/attenash.php


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On Side A, there is Lycanthia, a six-piece gothic death-doom metal band from Sydney, Australia. Their music can be described as dark, aggressive and emotional soundscapes fused with classical and rock elements. Consisting of grim male and dual female vocals, violins, keyboards, guitars and drums, Lycanthia continue that "golden age" traditional-doom sound with influences such as My Dying Bride & Theatre of Tragedy while also adding a more aggressive, complex and sophisticated sound, incorporating the likes of Draconian, Primordial, Shape of Despair & Virgin Black while still maintaining their own unique sound. Having now been a couple of years since the release of their latest full-length "Oligarchy", Lycanthia has been preparing new material that will comprise their next album, and in the meantime have managed to record a new track entitled "The Harbinger" which was released digitally and on a video clip earlier this year but was always planned and intended for a vinyl release.

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On Side B is Atten Ash. A three-piece atmospheric/melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, Atten Ash is the creation of founding member James Greene whose intention with the project was to create something heavier and more colorful with attention to nuance and emotion. Being a multi-instrumentalist, James was able to record the foundations of the songs, giving a clear picture of the powerful nature of the music. Demos slowly took form. In 2011 James began collaborating with Barre Gambling (founding guitarist of Daylight Dies) and Archie Hunt (vocalist/guitarist of Legion of the Fallen) and the trio continued the musical work: arranging songs, establishing vocal patterns, writing lyrics and guitar solos.

With their full-length album “The Hourglass” already recorded in 2012 though not yet officially released, Atten Ash will present the track “City in the Sea” on their side of the 7” split as the introduction to their band and first official release serving as a prelude to the release of “The Hourglass” to follow shortly.

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Norilsk announces signing with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of its debut full-length album!
December 12, 2014

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Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau (Québec), Canada, who self-released their debut EP “Japetus” this past summer. Characterized by slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements, its music draws comparison with doom-death bands such as My Dying Bride, Morgion and Ablaze in Hatred, but it also has a few sludge/post metal elements reminiscent of Isis and Morne. The two core band members include Nicolas Miquelon (bass, guitars, vocals, lyrics) and Nick Richer (drums, backing vocals), whose names are associated with various groups including Outrage AD, Damnus, Doll and Kintra.

The aforementioned introductory EP “Japetus” was always meant as a precursor to the eventual debut full-length album which was recorded at the same time and will be released through Hypnotic Dirge Records in early 2015.

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Norilsk Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/norilsk.php
Norilsk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NorilskDoom?fref=nf
Norilsk Bandcamp: https://norilskdoom.bandcamp.com/releases

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Hypnotic Dirge Records Update:
January 6, 2015

Webshop Update

Virtually everything in this January 2015 update comes from the impressive and prolific Zero Dimensional Records from Japan, as well as its affliliated labels Maa Productions and Hidden Marly Productions. There are 26 new albums available in the webshop in this update, and many of which are rare Japanese black metal bands that have flourished under the radar.

One of the side labels Maa Productions tends to focus more on the depressive black metal and post-rock sound, and just recently released Epitimia's latest experimental album "Memories, Devoured by Noise and Echoes" which is a collection of re-worked and re-recorded tracks from past Epitimia albums. Other albums of note are the Beyond Light, ColdWorld, As Light Dies, культура курения, White Ward, Juno Bloodlust, Gnome, Moloch, and Devlsy albums but I myself am still in the process of listening to everything here and there are still albums I have yet to hear properly.

If these bands and albums are unfamiliar to you, I think it is important to state that an effort has been made to include a Bandcamp or Youtube embed code of each full album - or at least a song if that is all that was available - on the info / order page of each album. Therefore, you can listen to all of the albums at the "Latest Additions" link below!

Latest Additions: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hypnotic-dirge-webstore.php#!/Latest-Additions/c/9287120/offset=0&sort=addedTimeDesc
-All albums listed below in this link

HDR - D - 716 : White Ward - Illusions
HDR - D - 717 : Misfortune - Lifeless
HDR - D - 718 : Vidharr - Cyro
HDR - D - 719 : Happy Days - Defeated by Life
HDR - D - 720 : культура курения - некрофилия
HDR - D - 721 : Frostreich - Geistfahrt
HDR - D - 722 : Happy Days - Happiness Stops Here...
HDR - D - 723 : Aversion to Mankind - Suicidology
HDR - D - 724 : Devlsy - A Parade of States
HDR - D - 725 : Worthless Lament - selftitled
HDR - D - 726 : As Light Dies - TLA Vol. 1
HDR - D - 727 : ColdWorld - The Stars Are Dead Now
HDR - D - 728 : Epitimia - Memories, Devoured by Noise and Echoes
HDR - D - 729 : Beyond Light - Paintings in the Hall
HDR - D - 730 : Gnome - Silent Scream
HDR - D - 731 : Cataplexy - devangelight
HDR - D - 732 : The Absolute of Malignity - selftitled
HDR - D - 733 : Juno Bloodlust - The Lord of Obsession
HDR - D - 734 : Kanashimi / Happy Days - The Great Depression II
HDR - D - 735 : Somnia - Above Space and Time
HDR - D - 736 : Mind Asylum - Eodharius
HDR - D - 737 : Godflesh Deformed - Forlorn
HDR - D - 738 : Moloch - Verwüstung
HDR - D - 739 : Fjorsvartnir - Legions of the North
HDR - D - 740 : Vintage Flesh - Hour of the Night Gaunts
HDR - D - 741 : Malhkebre - Revelation

From this month's webshop update are two HDR-affiliated bands with a new shirt and a new album...

Vin de Mia Trix

A limited amount of Vin de Mia Trix "Meet Your Demons" shirts are remaining from their 2014 shows is also available to order. There are four larges and two x-larges and this is all that remains in stock.

HDR - M - 010 : Vin de Mia Trix T-Shirt
Order / Info: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=9287120


Epitimia

As mentioned above, we also have a new album Epitimia available, the atmospheric black metal / post-rock project from Saint-Petersburg which we released the eclectic and ambitious double-album (Un)reality. After completing that album, Epitimia's next project which they worked on for much of 2014 was a re-arranging and re-recording of past songs for a new compilation entitled "Memories, Devoured by Noise and Echoes" which was released on Maa Productions on December 3, 2014.

Exactly one month later, the album is available to order in North America from Hypnotic Dirge Records

HDR - D - 728 : Epitimia - Memories, Devoured by Noise and Echoes
Order | Info | Listen: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=9287120

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 9:23 pm 

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"Atten Ash - The Hourglass" release date revealed; Accepting pre-orders now!
The song "Born" from the album is now available for streaming/download!

January 8, 2015

Hypnotic Dirge Records is pleased to announce the official release date of the forthcoming 'Atten Ash - The Hourglass' album - an album which has been awaiting release for a long time, as well as the label's first full-length release in a calender year! “The Hourglass” will be released on February 19, 2015 in a 4 panel digipack with a 12 page booklet and the first 100 orders of the CD will come with a free 11cm x 7cm Atten Ash sticker!

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Accepting pre-orders now!
Until February 19, the album will be available for $8.00 (+shipping) instead of $10.00 (+shipping)!
Pre-orders will ship approximately 10 days before the official release date!

Pre-order here: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

You can also stream and download the track "Born" from the album on our official Bandcamp page: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-hourglass

A three-piece atmospheric/melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, Atten Ash is the creation of founding member James Greene who wrote the foundations of the songs which would later become “The Hourglass.” In 2011 James began collaborating with Barre Gambling (founding guitarist of Daylight Dies) and Archie Hunt (vocalist/guitarist of Legion of the Fallen) and the trio continued the musical work: arranging songs, establishing vocal patterns, writing lyrics and guitar solos.

Recorded in 2012, an intricate and encapsulating death-doom portrait permeates Atten Ash’s first full-length recording. Rich in atmosphere, swaying through infectious melodies and razorsharp solos while displaying both melancholy and aggression with conviction and force, “The Hourglass” is the result of a band with considerable maturity and experience, already at the top of their craft, and with a defined vision for their sound placing them among the classic death-doom giants of the genre.

Those pining for genuine melodic/atmospheric death-doom for the dark and cold days ahead, and especially fans and listeners of bands such as Daylight Dies, Slumber, Katatonia, Woccon, Doom:vs, October Tide, and Helevorn (among others) would be wise to heed attention.

The tracklist for 'The Hourglass' is:
1 - City in the Sea
2 - See You...Never
3 - Not as Others Were
4 - Song for the Dead
5 - Born
6 - First Day
7 - Waves of Siloam
8 - The Hourglass

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Death-doom entity 'Norilsk' unveils cover artwork and title of forthcoming album

Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau (Québec), Canada. After releasing an EP, Japetus, in July 2014, Norilsk now unveils details about their debut album, “The Idea of North”, out on March 10, 2015.

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“The Idea of North” is a doom-death album crafted for the winter season: it has slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements. An evocation of an ominous presence over a vast wasteland, “The Idea of North” is a massive offering that triggers the imagination. Its music draws comparison with doom-death bands such as My Dying Bride, Morgion and Ablaze in Hatred, but it also has a few atmospheric sludge/post metal elements reminiscent of Isis and Morne.

The artwork was created by talented artist Sam Ford, who designed covers for many bands including Black Cobra, Witch Mountain, Monarch and Barrowlands.

Bassist and vocalist Nicolas Miquelon comments: “We wanted graphic art for this album cover, but we also wanted continuity with the visual theme developed on the EP. I knew about Sam Ford from his involvement with the Portland doom metal scene, and I had no doubt that his twisted imagination would be the perfect catalyst to re-interpret and expand Norilsk’s initial concept. As this is Norilsk’s first full length, we couldn’t be happier to have Sam’s signature on the album, as well as to have the support of two truly dedicated Canadian labels, Hypnotic Dirge Records and Dwyer Records.”

“The Idea of North” will be available in digipack CD, cassette, and digital. Based out of Saskatoon, the black metal, doom and atmospheric label Hypnotic Dirge will release the album in a glorious digipack edition, while the Ottawa-based sludge, hardcore and post-metal etiquette Dwyer Records will have the limited cassette edition.

Full details about “The Idea of North” to be revealed at a later date.

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Links:
Norilsk - "The Idea of North" Bandcamp - www.norilskdoom.bandcamp.com/
Norilsk Facebook - www.facebook.com/norilskdoom
Hypnotic Dirge Records - Norilsk page - www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/norilsk.php
Dwyer Records - http://www.dwyerrecords.com/

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Lycanthia / Atten Ash Split 7" Vinyl Available!

January 22, 2015

Today - January 22 - marks the official release of the Lycanthia / Atten Ash Band Split 7" Vinyl!!

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Order Vinyl:! http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Download EP: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.c ... it-7-vinyl

The vinyl is limited to 140 copies through HDR, and is available for $7.00 + shipping in our webshop. As a special bonus, those who order the vinyl will also receive three high-quality 11cm x 7cm stickers of Hypnotic Dirge, Lycanthia, and Atten Ash!

For those who prefer digital (or wants to listen / download in the meantime) can find the split on our Bandcamp page, available for free / "name-your-price" streaming/download! You'll also notice that "City in the Sea" stream / download has been added to the Atten Ash full-length "The Hourglass" - due out on February 19.

Side A: Lycanthia is a six-piece gothic death-doom metal band from Sydney, Australia. Their music can be described as dark, aggressive and emotional soundscapes fused with classical and rock elements. Consisting of grim male and dual female vocals, violins, keyboards, guitars and drums, Lycanthia continue that "golden age" traditional-doom sound with influences such as My Dying Bride & Theatre of Tragedy while also adding a more aggressive, complex and sophisticated sound, incorporating the likes of Draconian, Primordial, Shape of Despair & Virgin Black while still maintaining their own unique sound. Having now been a couple of years since the release of their latest full-length "Oligarchy", Lycanthia has been preparing new material that will comprise their next album, and in the meantime have managed to record a new track entitled "The Harbinger" which was released digitally and on a video clip earlier this year but was always planned and intended for a vinyl release.

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Side B: A three-piece atmospheric/melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, Atten Ash is the creation of founding member James Greene whose intention with the project was to create something heavier and more colorful with attention to nuance and emotion. Being a multi-instrumentalist, James was able to record the foundations of the songs, giving a clear picture of the powerful nature of the music. Demos slowly took form. In 2011 James began collaborating with Barre Gambling (founding guitarist of Daylight Dies) and Archie Hunt (vocalist/guitarist of Legion of the Fallen) and the trio continued the musical work: arranging songs, establishing vocal patterns, writing lyrics and guitar solos. "The Hourglass" - a full-length album - was completed in 2012 and released digitally by the band in obscurity. Now in 2015, the full-length will be given its first proper physical release, while this special limited split 7" with doomsters Lycanthia will be the band's first ever release and precursor to the forthcoming full-length available on February 19.

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Pre-order "The Hourglass" full-length: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Praise for Atten Ash

"I gotta tell you, Atten Ash know what they are doing and their doom-death is especially recommended to fans of classic Katatonia, October Tide, Slumber and Doom:vs. Maturity and experience is present on the song – and the rest of the album for that matter – and it will fill you with that (weirdly) comforting feeling of melancholy thanks to the guitars’ melodies and razorsharp solos but also the perfect mix of clean and growling vocals."
-Metal Recusants

"‘The Hourglass’ is a consistently surprising and pleasing album that maintains a high level of quality throughout. Atmospheric and captivating, it is delivered with effortless elegance, whether it’s mid-tempo, string-snapping, snare-pounding catharsis or slow, catastrophic elegy."
-Doom Metal Heaven

" It’s a captivating offering of melodic death/doom, mixing gravelly riffs and cavernous growls with shimmering guitar melody and arcing clean vocals. The music both lumbers like a dirge and charges on the back of jagged chords and rumbling drums. It’s a fitting song for the grey chill of winter, but I have a feeling it will sound just as sweet in springtime." [On the track "Born"]
-No Clean Singing

Other Links:
Lycanthia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LycanthiaOfficial
Lycanthia Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/lycanthia-main.php

Atten Ash Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/attenashband
Atten Ash Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/attenash.php

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PRE-ORDER: Norilsk - The Idea of North
SONG RELEASE: Norilsk unveils new track “Planète heurt”

February 5, 2015

Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau (Québec), Canada. After releasing an EP, “Japetus” last summer, Norilsk’s first full-length album - “The Idea of North” will be released through CD, tape, and digital formats on March 10, 2015!

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Hypnotic Dirge Records is now taking pre-orders for the CD and digital versions of the album!

Pre-order Norilsk - The Idea of North CD:
http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hypnotic-dirge-webstore.php#!/Norilsk-The-Idea-of-North/p/46894807/category=6794198

Pre-order Norilsk - The Idea of North Cassette: http://dwyerrecords.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-norilsk-the-idea-of-north-tape

Pre-order Norilsk - The Idea of North digital: http://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-idea-of-north

The CD version will be presented in a glorious 4-panel digipack which includes a 12 page booklet containing all lyrics and translations (English and French), for worldwide fans of death-doom to enjoy the bitter taste of the Great White North. The CD version also comes with a bonus ninth track that will not appear on the other versions. The bonus track is “Coeur de Loup” (Heart of the Wolf), a ironic doom rendering of a song originally composed by the Belgian pop artist Philippe Lafontaine.

During the pre-order period, the CD will be available for $8.00( + shipping) instead of $10.00 (+ shipping), and those that pre-order the album will have their copies shipped 10 days prior to the release date. Asides from that, there are also a few other exclusive bonuses for the first buyers. The first 100 copies of the album sold comes with an 11cm x 7cm Norilsk sticker, and the first 40 copies of the album come with a full-color 43cm x 28cm Norilsk poster - a commissioned depiction of the doomed Franklin ship, which was lost at sea in 1845 searching for a Northwest passage to the pacific ocean and was finally discovered 169 years later in 2014 by a team of Canadian archaeologists.

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The digital version is available from the Hypnotic Dirge Bandcamp for $1.00. When you pre-order the digital version, you will automatically receive an email to download the album on the release date - March 10, 2015! Currently, the tracks “Japetus” and the newly-added “Planète heurt” are available for streaming / download as the advance preview tracks!

The entire album will be set as a free and unrestricted stream / download upon its release!

“The Idea of North” is a doom-death album crafted for the winter season: it has slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements. An evocation of an ominous presence over a vast wasteland, “The Idea of North” is a massive offering that triggers the imagination. Its music draws comparison with doom-death bands such as My Dying Bride, Morgion and Ablaze in Hatred, but it also has a few atmospheric sludge/post metal elements reminiscent of Isis and Morne.

Inspired by the multi-faceted Canadian experience of the North, and assembled into a cold yet dynamic sequence of eight individual songs, the album explores themes of darkness, isolation, identity, archaism and persistence—thus delivering a fresh perspective over the cliché Nordic imagery in metal in general.

“The Idea of North” was recorded at Studio En-Phase in Montreal by Jean-Philippe Latour (Paroxysm, Fuck the Facts, Talamyus), and mixed at Pebble Studios in Ottawa by Mike Bond (Dissentient, Endemise, Loviatar, Signs of Chaos), while the artwork was designed by professional artist Sam Ford, who also designed album artworks for Black Cobra, Witch Mountain and Monarch, among others.

The tape version of “The Idea of North” will be released through Dwyer Records and a vinyl version is planned at a later date on Alerta Antifascista Records!

“The Idea of North” tracklist:
1 - Japetus
2 - Planète heurt
3 - Throa
4 - La liberté aux ailes brisées
5 - Nature morte
6 - Potsdam Glo
7 - La Grande Noirceur
8 - The Idea of North
9 - Coeur de Loup (*exclusive to the CD)

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Free digital compilation album "Subarctic Nocturnes: Doomed to Be" released now!
February 13, 2015

Presenting the latest Hypnotic Dirge Records free digital download compilation album!, "Subarctic Nocturnes: Doomed to Be [Volume 1]"

This year, we are releasing something more comprehensive than ever before, with a compilation trilogy series which will have a different genre focus on each volume and which we will release over the course of the next few months. We are extremely pleased to unveil the first album in this series now, with a focus on all things doom!

Within this volume, you will find a collection of amazing artists at the forefront of the global doom scene, both Hypnotic Dirge bands and guests from o ther bands around the world. The selections on this release were carefully chosen to show some of our favourite bands including doom veterans and newcomers alike. Melodic Death-Doom, Gothic Doom, and Sludge Doom can all be found within this compilation so it is quite diverse and hopefully shows a careful balance between all these sounds.

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Free stream / download: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/subarctic-nocturnes-doomed-to-be-volume-i-2015

1 - Altars of Grief - The Plague that Haunts the Darkness
2 - Orphans of Dusk - Nibelheim
3 - Norilsk - Planète heurt
4 - Psychotic Gardening - Searing Cital
5 - Lavagoat - Ageless Nonsense
6 - Nethermost - Weald Reams
7 - Lycanthia - The Harbinger
8 - Evadne - Colossus
9 - Human Collapse - Deep
10 - Enshine - Above Us
11 - Atten Ash - The Hourglass
12 - Woccon - Wandering

Artwork by: Coby O'Brien
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cobyobrienart
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CobyOBrienArt

Artwork editing by: Alexander Machtakov

Thanks to all the bands and artists for participating!

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ALBUM RELEASE: Atten Ash - The Hourglass
February 19, 2015

The official worldwide release of the Atten Ash - The Hourglass album is upon us!
The album is available in a gorgeous physical digipack CD, with a 12 page booket including all lyrics and liner notes for $10.00 + shipping, together with a free 11cm x 7cm Atten Ash sticker. The album is also available for free and unlimited streaming / download on the official Hypnotic Dirge Bandcamp page, so if you've been awaiting the re-release for a while, and first heard of the album through the Hypnotic Dirge re-release, you can finally hear it in its entirely!

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Order digipack CD: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Free streaming / download: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.c ... -hourglass


A three-piece atmospheric/melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, Atten Ash is the creation of founding member James Greene who wrote the foundations of the songs which would later become “The Hourglass.” In 2011 James began collaborating with Barre Gambling (founding guitarist of Daylight Dies) and Archie Hunt (vocalist/guitarist of Legion of the Fallen) and the trio continued the musical work: arranging songs, establishing vocal patterns, writing lyrics and guitar solos.

Recorded in 2012, an intricate and encapsulating death-doom portrait permeates Atten Ash’s first full-length recording. Rich in atmosphere, swaying through infectious melodies and razorsharp solos while displaying both melancholy and aggression with conviction and force, “The Hourglass” is the result of a band with considerable maturity and experience, already at the top of their craft, and with a defined vision for their sound placing them among the classic death-doom giants of the genre.

Those pining for genuine melodic/atmospheric death-doom for the dark and cold days ahead, and especially fans and listeners of bands such as Daylight Dies, Slumber, Katatonia, Woccon, Doom:vs, October Tide, and Helevorn (among others) would be wise to heed attention.

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Atten Ash - The Hourglass tracklist:
1 - City in the Sea
2 - See You...Never
3 - Not as Others Were
4 - Song for the Dead
5 - Born
6 - First Day
7 - Waves of Siloam
8 - The Hourglass

Additional Atten Ash Links:
Atten Ash Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/attenash.php
Atten Ash Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/attenashband

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Webshop Update - March 2015

Apologies for the late additions to the March webshop update. We always intend to have an update at the start of each month, but it has been an exceedingly busy time for us as of late.
However, the update is now live and includes 31 new additions including many new releases from Solitude Productions / BadMoodMan Music, as well as some hidden and hard-to-find gems such as the trilogy of Funeral Doom classics from Argentinian Lovecraftian Doomsters Fungoid Dreams, Bulgarian Blackened Folk band Shambless, the fantastic Icelandic prog-black metal band Auðn, and many more.

Latest additions: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... edTimeDesc
-All albums listed below are in this section

All albums available for $10.00 CAN + shipping
(Hint: Canadian dollar is low right now, so $10 is equal to about $8 US and 7 Euros)

BMM - 070 : Amederia - Unheard Prayer
BMM - 071 : Adfail - Is It A Game?
BMM - 072 : Shallow Rivers - The Leaden Ghost
SP - 091 : Septic Mind - Rab
SP - 092 : Torrens Conscientium - All Alone With The Thoughts
SP - 093 : Without God - Circus of Freaks
SP - 094 : Et Moriemur - Ex Nihilo In Nihilum
SP - 095 : Frowning - Funeral Impressions
SP - 096 : Oktor - Another Dimension Of Pain
SP - 097 : Woebegone Obscured - Deathscape MMXIV

HDR - D - 745 : Mournful Gust - If We Were Alive
HDR - D - 746 : Without Dreams - Rejected by Angel, Betrayed by Demon
HDR - D - 747 : Anagram to Anna - God, Me, and Monsters
HDR - D - 748 : Perihelion - selftitled
HDR - D - 749 : Slow - Unsleep
HDR - D - 750 : VIII - Drakon
HDR - D - 751 : Skady - When Sun Disappeared
HDR - D - 752 : Keeper - MMXIV
HDR - D - 753 : Auðn - selftitled
HDR - D - 754 : Infer / Sepsis - Chronicles of Bloodshed
HDR - D - 755 : Fungoid Stream - Celaenus Fragments
HDR - D - 756 : Diadema Tristis - Ways of Relief
HDR - D - 757 : Qhwertt - Cloudland
HDR - D - 758 : Fungoid Stream - Oceanus
HDR - D - 759 : Wolf & Winter - Endless Forest of Silent Sorrow...The Howl of Hate
HDR - D - 760 : Qhwertt - He Who Has Known The Gardens
HDR - D - 761 : Diadema Tristis - Alone with Nature
HDR - D - 762 : Fungoid Stream - Prehuman Shapes
HDR - D - 763 : The Meads of Asphodel - In the Name of God, Welcome to Planet Genocide
HDR - D - 764 : Shambless - Irke Ranefas
HDR - D - 765 : Funeral Tears - The World We Lost

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ALBUM RELEASE: Norilsk - The Idea of North
March 10, 2015

Norilsk's "The Idea of North" is now released! Hopefully it is still cold and miserable wherever you are!

"Remote is the North and long are its nights.
Solitude is every man's friend and doom is his lullaby"

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The digipack CD is available from us, alongside some remaining copies of a beautiful 43cm x 28cm full-color Norilsk poster, as well as a Norilsk sticker. Alternatively, a limited run of 50 tapes are available from Dwyer Records, and if you prefer you can stream or download, (and if you can, donate a $1 or 2) from the Hypnotic Dirge, Dwyer, or Norilsk Bandcamp pages!

Order digipack CD: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Order Tape: http://dwyerrecords.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-norilsk-the-idea-of-north-tape

Free streaming / download: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.c ... a-of-north

"Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau (Québec), Canada. After releasing an EP, Japetus, in July 2014, Norilsk now unveils their debut album - “The Idea of North” in a glorious digipack edition on Hypnotic Dirge Records and on speical limited tape by Dwyer Records!!

“The Idea of North” is a doom-death album crafted for the winter season: it has slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements. An evocation of an ominous presence over a vast wasteland, “The Idea of North” is a massive offering that triggers the imagination. Its music draws comparison with doom-death bands such as My Dying Bride, Morgion and Ablaze in Hatred, but it also has a few atmospheric sludge/post metal elements reminiscent of Isis and Morne.

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Norilsk - The Idea of North Tracklisting:
1 - Japetus
2 - Planète heurt
3 - Throa
4 - La liberté aux ailes brisées
5 - Nature morte
6 - Postdam Glo
7 - La Grande Noirceur
8 - The Idea of North
9 - Coeur de Loup (*exclusive to the CD)

Feedback:

"The album, as a whole, is a slow moving glacier, much like the Japetus EP that came before it, but it is much thicker, longer, and brutally unforgiving, not stopping its steady march from the Northern mountains to the Northern ocean, where it will continue as icebergs destined to down ships. It’s a ride that you can’t just hop onto and off of when you are ready. This is an album full of nuance and attention to detail, and should be played as such, preferably with headphones. Throw in a doomed cover of a Belgian pop song, and you’ve got yourself a damn near perfect listen. Beyond recommended, I will probably go through two copies of this album this year alone."
-Crown of Viserys

"And one of the great strengths of 'The Idea Of North' is that it never sounds like a collection of ideas in search of a home: quite the opposite, in fact. There's a completeness in the way it grabs initial attention with the rousing, sludgy stomp of the first half, then evolves into a more chilly and thoughtfully introspective atmospheric beast (in places, even reminiscent of Dolorian); like a snow-fanged apocalypse avalanching across the world, leaving the last survivors huddled in the frozen wastes of its wake. The band call it 'crafted for the winter season', but by the visceral and lonely conclusion of the title track it seems quite possible that winter will be eternal."

-Doom-Metal.com

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Additional Norilsk Links:
Norilsk Band Bandcamp: https://norilskdoom.bandcamp.com/
Norilsk Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NorilskDoom
Norilsk Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/norilsk.php
Norilsk Blog / Archives: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/norilsk-blog.php

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Orphans of Dusk signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records / Solitude Productions
March 20, 2015

Orphans of Dusk has come to an agreement with Hypnotic Dirge Records and Solitude Productions to release their debut EP ‘Revenant’ cooperatively in early May! The album will be released in a jewel case CD, alongside a free 11cm x 7cm logo sticker!

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Orphans of Dusk is a gothic death/doom band being projected into the stars from the South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand/Australia. One of the few bands from this region attempting to break boundaries in depressive doom it aims to keep pushing the genre from where bands such as Shape of Despair and Type O Negative left such devastating marks.

Some HDR followers might recall Orphans of Dusk’s name due to their track “Nibelheim” being included in the Hypnotic Dirge Records Doom Metal free digital compilation album "Subarctic Nocturnes" Doomed to Be" released a few weeks ago!

Members:
Chris G - Vocals
James Quested - Guitars, Synths & Bass
Dan Nahum - Session Drums

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Links:
Orphans of Dusk Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/orp ... k-main.php

Orphans of Dusk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orphansofdusk

Orphans of Dusk - “Nibelheim” Stream/Download: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.c ... -nibelheim

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Free digital compilation album "Subarctic Nocturnes: Within the Ice" [Volume II] released now!
April 2, 2015

A few weeks ago, we released a Doom Metal collection under the Subarctic Nocturnes banner. As we stated at that time, it was meant to be the first of a three-part trilogy series of compilation albums that we would be releasing. Now, we present to you "Subarctic Nocturnes: Within the Ice[Volume II]", a collection of Black Metal and associated genres!

Within this volume, a few different variations of Black Metal is included. The start of the album includes more fast-paced, and aggressive Black Metal, while the end of the album includes more introspective and melancholic Post-Black Metal. It is not a perfect science to be sure, but an effort was made to make the songs flow as best as possible, which can be a challenge when including twelve different visions!

There is equal measures of new and old material included within, with a nice mixture of Hypnotic Dirge artists and associated guests. A french rendition of Celtic Frost`s 'A Dying God Coming into Human Flesh' is included from the French band Verlies, new material from netra presenting one of the most straight-forward Black Metal songs in the project's history, new demo material from Galaktik Cancer Squad, a reworked track from Epitimia, a track from Immortal Bird (ex. Woods of Ypres Drummer Rae's band), a track from Quebecois legends Sorcier des Glaces, introspective blackened metal from Harrow, and the album closer "Let me in" from the fantastic new Post-Black Metal band from Calgary, Numonerean. These, among others, are some of the pieces included in this collection.


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Free stream / download: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/subarctic-nocturnes-within-the-ice-volume-ii-2015

Tracklist:
1 - Sorcier des Glaces - Morbid Ritual
2 - Grieving Mirth - Optio
3 - Immortal Bird - Spitting Teeth
4 - Galaktik Cancer Squad - Ghost Crypt System (Demo)
5 - Verlies [ft. Morne & Psycho] - Un Dieu Mourant Devenant Chair Humaine (Celtic Frost Cover)
6 - netra - Don’t keep me waiting
7 - Veldes - Woe Eater
8 - Windbruch - No Stars
9 - Obsidian Tongue - Brothers in the Stars
10 - Epitimia - Chapter V : Jamais Vu
11 - Harrow - Stream-Enterer
12 - Numenorean - Let me in

Artwork by: Coby O'Brien
Instagram: instagram.com/cobyobrienart
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/CobyOBrienArt

Artwork editing by: Alexander Machtakov

Thanks to all the bands and artists for participating!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:43 am 

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Hypnotic Dirge Records - New band signings, pre-orders, release annoucements
April 24, 2015

Band signing: Verlies
Pre-orders: Orphans of Dusk
Release announcement: Altars of Grief and Nachtterror

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NEWS: Altars of Grief and Nachtterror to release split 10" vinyl "Of Ash and Dying Light" on Hypnotic Dirge Records!
April 22, 2015

This summer, Altars of Grief and Nachtterror - two Saskatchewan-based Blackened Doom bands will collaborate on a new split vinyl with new material from each band. The vinyl split, entitled "Of Ash and Dying Light" is set to be released worldwide in a limited edition 10" vinyl, as well as digital, on Hypnotic Dirge Records on July 10, 2015!

The album was recorded by Justin Bender (Third Ion / ex-Into Eternity) at Blue Door Studio in Regina, SK, and cover artwork for each band designed by Sam Nelson.

Both bands will also tour extensively in support of the split, and have the new split and new merch available for sale during the tour. Altars of Grief and Nachtterror will tour Western Canada with Calgary-based atmospheric black metal band Numenorean this summer, as well as participating in festivals such as Calgary Metal Fest, and Farmageddon Open Air!

Watch trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLe_bFtu7Ac

Altars of Grief


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Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan, Altars of Grief was conceived in the frigid, winter months of 2013. The band draws from an eclectic musical background, weaving soaring choral arrangements with powerful, driving death metal; morose, gothic doom and frantic, uptempo black metal passages. In 2014, the band released its debut album, This Shameful Burden and followed up with a tour of central Canada in its support.

Altars of Grief's material on "Of Ash and Dying Light" is an incredible step for the band, delivering some of the best melancholic blackened doom in Canada and following in the footsteps of greats such as Woods of Ypres! Reflective, sombre, and personal lyrics and music drenched in atmosphere, this is definitely a band to watch that has arisen from the Central Prairie Plains!

Links:
Altars of Grief Website: http://www.altarsofgrief.com/
Altars of Grief Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/altarsofgrief?fref=ts
Altars of Grief HDR Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/altarsofgrief.php

Altars of Grief - This Shameful Burden CD: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794210
Altars of Grief - This Shameful Burden Digital: https://altarsofgrief.bandcamp.com/albu ... ful-burden

Nachtterror
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Nachtterror is a Canadian Blackened Doom project established in 2004. Focused on creating an epic soundscape with an intense concentration on storytelling, Nachtterror aims to create acaptivating and emotionally engaging doom metal experience.

Nachtterror's music reflects emotional states more so than concepts and ideas. From the violent, agony of anger and suffering to the numb discontent of depression, all states of being are experimented and explored.

As well as the upcoming "Of Ash and Dying Light" split with Altars of Grief, Nachtterror is also currently in works to release a full length album entitled "Judgement".

Links:
Nachtterror Website: http://www.nachtterror.com/
Nachtterror Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NachtterrorOfficial?fref=ts
Nachtterror Bandcamp


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PRE-ORDER: Orphans of Dusk - Revenant
April 15, 2015

The debut Orphans of Dusk album “Revenant” will finally be released on CD soon! Initially, the band self-released their debut EP digitally this past summer, and it got really positive reactions from doom listeners and reviewers alike. A CD version will be released on May 4, 2015 by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Solitude Productions and will retain all of the original artwork which was specifically created for the eventual physical release. The first 100 from each webshop will receive a free 11cm x 7cm Orphans of Dusk sticker with their order!

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Pre-order Revenant CD: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hypnotic-dirge-webstore.php#!/Orphans-of-Dusk-Revenant/p/49650156/category=6794198

Pre-order / Stream Digital:
https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/revenant

Orphans of Dusk is a gothic death/doom band being projected into the stars from the South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand/Australia. As the decade turned, the orphan was born - a crystallised idea of epic gothic doom music meshed with death/doom. Casting out the traditional second guitar line in favour of synth and producing several demos, Orphans brought on crushing death metal vocal talent from Sydney, Australia and solidified the line-up that unleashed the Orphans of Dusk vast debut EP, "Revenant" Immense, powerful, and atmospheric doom riffs coalescing with soft melodic textures and melancholy is what you can expect on this debut recording from Orphans of Dusk! For fans of Type O Negative, Woods of Ypres, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, The Foreshadowing, Swallow the Sun, etc.


Feedback on "Revenant":

"The great Pete Steele would definitely approve. Orphans Of Dusk deliver enormous, powerful goth-doom riffs that are infused with both delight and derision.”
- DoomMetalHeaven

"Holy hell! You know that feeling you get when you have come across something that rocks you back on your heels? [...] Well, listening to ‘Revenant’ left my awesome-metal-sense tingling."
- MetalDisciple.com

"Orphans of Dusk are clearly a band with heaps of talent, a lot on their minds, and the urge to pack 'Revenant' to the brim with content."
- Doom-Metal.com

"Orphans Of Dusk is a duo with limitless potential.” [/I]
-SorrowEternal

‘Revenant’ is a great-sounding and great-looking release that is presented with great care and attention to detail. It skilfully balances ferocity and melancholy, varying between complexity and simplicity, first caressing and then pummelling. Perhaps most tellingly of all, when it’s over, you’re left wanting more."
-DoomMetalHeaven

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Orphans of Dusk Profile: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/orphansofdusk-main.php
Orphans of Dusk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/orphansofdusk

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Verlies signs with Hypnotic Dirge / Throats Productions;
Digipack CD release of “Le Domaine des Hommes” coming on May 28, 2015
April 9, 2015

Avant-garde Black Metal band Verlies’s debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” will be released on May 28, 2015 in a digipack CD and digitally through Hypnotic Dirge Records and Throats Productions

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Based out of the French city Lille, Verlies is an avant-garde Black Metal band playing dark, strange, and experimental music. Without restrictions of conventional song structure, Verlies is all about creating dark and claustrophobic music with a strong emphasis on atmosphere. Ranging from piercing and uncompromising Black Metal, to experimental jazz melodies, to post-rock sensibilities, and everything in between, the music is raw, bold, and truly exceptional. Songs change pace and vibe frequently through their lengthy playing time, using many different techniques and methods to tell their story. Vocally, founding member N. mixes ferocious and tortured screams with enchanting and morose clean vocals that truly draw you in providing some uplifting moments alongside the raw hatred and despondency. Verlies’ debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” is full of surprises but remains raw and never leaves the Black Metal vibe too far behind, instead using it as a base for their other sounds to draw from. Many bands these days try their hand at an unconventional approach to the Black Metal sound but only a few can pull it off genuinely and Verlies is one of those bands. Too often, the term “Black Metal Art” is thrown out haphazardly, but we humbly believe that it fits in this case!

Headed by founding member N., the project of Verlies started as a one-man project, but now has a full live lineup to spread their unconventional hatred throughout Northern France. Their debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” was previously released digitally through their Bandcamp page, but now the album will get an official release in a noble and carefully designed 4 panel digipack, including a 12 page booklet and a bonus sticker while supplies last. The first cooperative release by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Throats Productions!

Verlies - Marcher sur la vide" stream: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/le-domaine-des-hommes

Verlies Profile:
http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/verlies.php
Verlies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Verliesmetalband

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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2015 4:44 pm 

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NEW RELEASES AVAILABLE, and NEW ITEMS IN THE ONLINE STORE
May 13, 2015

Here is a listing of some of the latest Hypnotic Dirge related news!

Sorry if some of this post is somewhat repetitive (Orphans of Dusk and Verlies) but there is new news about these two releases, and the Verlies album is now available to pre-order!
Beyond that, the May 1 webshop update included many new and interesting albums, and there is a really great new music video from Altars of Grief.


May 1 Webshop Update


New webshop additions added, including some classic Agalloch albums, the debut Windbruch, and some new titles from Solitude Productions!

Latest additions: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hypnotic-dirge-webstore.php#!/Latest-Additions/c/9287120/offset=0&sort=addedTimeDesc
-All albums listed below are in this section

HDR - D - 776 : Agalloch - Pale Folklore
HDR - D - 777 : Agalloch - The Mantle
HDR - D - 778 : Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain
HDR - D - 779 : Nocturnal Depression - Fragments of a Broken Past
HDR - D - 780 : Nocturnal Depression - Four Seasons to a Depression
HDR - D - 781 : Nocturnal Depression - Reflections of a Sad Soul
HDR - D - 782 : Windbruch - Collision of the Worlds
HDR - D - 783 : Mord A'Stigmata - Antimatter
HDR - D - 784 : Siculicidium - A rothadó virágok színüket vesztik
HDR - D - 785 : Blaze of Sorrow - Echi
HDR - D - 786 : Siculicidium - Hosszú út az örökkévalóságba
HDR - D - 787 : Blaze of Sorrow - Fulgida Reminescenza
HDR - D - 788 : Closed Room - selftitled

SP - 098 : Autumnia - Two Faces of Autumn [2CD]
SP - 099 : Evoke Thy Lords - Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in your cellar
SP - 100 : Dryom - Dryom 2
SP - 101 : Mare Infinitum - Alien Monolith God



HDR - 041 / SP - 102 : Orphans of Dusk - Revenant

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Orphans of Dusk is a gothic death/doom band being projected into the stars from the South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand/Australia. As the decade turned, the orphan was born - a crystallised idea of epic gothic doom music meshed with death/doom. Casting out the traditional second guitar line in favour of synth and producing several demos, Orphans brought on crushing death metal vocal talent from Sydney, Australia and solidified the line-up that unleashed the Orphans of Dusk vast debut EP, "Revenant" Immense, powerful, and atmospheric doom riffs coalescing with soft melodic textures and melancholy is what you can expect on this debut recording from Orphans of Dusk! For fans of Type O Negative, Woods of Ypres, Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, The Foreshadowing, Swallow the Sun, etc.

The CD is a co-released by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Solitude Productions and the first 100 from each webshop will receive a free 11cm x 7cm Orphans of Dusk sticker with their order.

Order CD: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Free stream & download: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.c ... m/revenant

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Feedback:
"Holy hell! You know that feeling you get when you have come across something that rocks you back on your heels? [...] Well, listening to ‘Revenant’ left my awesome-metal-sense tingling."
- MetalDisciple.com

"Orphans of Dusk are clearly a band with heaps of talent, a lot on their minds, and the urge to pack 'Revenant' to the brim with content."
- Doom-Metal.com

"Orphans Of Dusk is a duo with limitless potential.”
-SorrowEternal

‘Revenant’ is a great-sounding and great-looking release that is presented with great care and attention to detail. It skilfully balances ferocity and melancholy, varying between complexity and simplicity, first caressing and then pummelling. Perhaps most tellingly of all, when it’s over, you’re left wanting more."
-DoomMetalHeaven

HDR - 042 / THP - 015 : Verlies - Le Domaine des Hommes

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Based out of the French city Lille, Verlies is an avant-garde Black Metal band playing dark, strange, and experimental music. Without restrictions of conventional song structure, Verlies is all about creating dark and claustrophobic music with a strong emphasis on atmosphere. Ranging from piercing and uncompromising Black Metal, to experimental jazz melodies, to post-rock sensibilities, and everything in between, the music is raw, bold, and truly exceptional. Songs change pace and vibe frequently through their lengthy playing time, using many different techniques and methods to tell their story. Vocally, founding member N. mixes ferocious and tortured screams with enchanting and morose clean vocals that truly draw you in providing some uplifting moments alongside the raw hatred and despondency. Verlies’ debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” is full of surprises but remains raw and never leaves the Black Metal vibe too far behind, instead using it as a base for their other sounds to draw from. Many bands these days try their hand at an unconventional approach to the Black Metal sound but only a few can pull it off genuinely and Verlies is one of those bands. Too often, the term “Black Metal Art” is thrown out haphazardly, but we humbly believe that it fits in this case!

Headed by founding member N., the project of Verlies started as a one-man project, but now has a full live lineup to spread their unconventional hatred throughout Northern France. Their debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” was previously released digitally through their Bandcamp page, but now the album will get an official release in a noble and carefully designed 4 panel digipack, including a 12 page booklet and a bonus sticker while supplies last. The first cooperative release by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Throats Productions!

Pre-order CD:
http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794198

Pre-order digital: https://hypnoticdirgerecords.bandcamp.c ... des-hommes

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Feedback:
"Hailing from France, this band brings forth a brooding and atmospheric style of music that combines elements of traditional black metal, avant-garde metal, and post-rock into a emotively powerful fusion. By bringing in some traits of experimental jazz and other various genres to expand their sound, the group diversifies their music and puts forth a blend of influences that will leave listeners craving more.
-Heavy Blog is Heavy

"Taking a heavy jazz and post-rock influence and melding it with emotional, mournful grimness is the base of the stew concocted by this solo project, and the deeper in you dive the thicker and more potent it gets. A sense of groove driven by the counterpoint between the bass and lead guitar quickly becomes the star of the album. It takes a few minutes of getting used to as these are usually the last instruments given heed by a band that claims to be atmospheric anything. But it’s a refreshing change of pace that injects a dynamic rarely heard among practitioners of the dark arts."
-Metal Bandcamp


Altars of Grief - The Plague that Haunts the Darkness [music video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLx4louounQ

From the album: This Shameful Burden

Filmed and directed by Erik Labossiere
Wikked Twist Films - 2015

Order CD digipack: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/hyp ... ry=6794210

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This summer, we are releasing a limited 10" split record between two eclectic Blackened Doom bands from Southern Saskatchewan. This split is entitled "Of Ash and Dying Light" and will ship in early August!

Over the past week, No Clean Singing has premiered a track from both Nachtterror and Altars of Grief, so you will be able to hear a track from each band!

Song Premieres:
Nachtterror - The Breath of the World Ablaze

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From the article: "Breath of the World Ablaze” is a dynamic soundscape that reflects a variety of musical textures. The song greets you with monstrous vocals, both agonized and bestial, and a slow, dismal melody. Soon enough, the music erupts in a spasm of blasting drums and raking guitars, but then it begins to pound, transforming into a slow, beautiful drift, with sombre, clean vocals, booming bass chords, a melancholy keyboard melody, and a memorable lead guitar motif.

But there’s still more to come as the song builds again in intensity, the swelling torrent of sound accented by the appearance of an Eastern sounding keyboard melody."



Altars of Grief - In Dying Light

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From the article: "In Dying Light” is a thoroughly engrossing piece of music, from the isolated opening guitar notes to the huge wave of sound that soon follows it, from the sweeping, exalted melody to the rippling, finger-tapped bass notes and gunshot drum beats, from the anguished snarls to the sombre clean vocals.

The music is a hymn to the beauty found in loss, and it pierces straight and true, with gripping emotional resonance. It hits hard with weighty doom riffs and a building atmosphere of sorrow and wistful remembrance, but there’s a transcendent quality to the music as well — the kind of song that leads you to hit “play” again and again, without even thinking about it. It leaves a haunting memory that won’t let go — but the memory alone isn’t sufficiently satisfying. At least in my case, it’s merely the lure that brings me back to the song, which I think will never wear out its welcome.

I hate to be obnoxious, but I’ll risk it: Unlike most of you, I’ve heard this entire split, and man, it’s tremendously good. Whatever is in the air in the prairies of Saskatchewan, it’s producing some striking music. Spread the word about these two bands — they certainly deserve to have these songs heard far and wide."



We are currently accepting pre-orders for the "Of Ash and Dying Light" record.
The record is limited to 300 copies, but only 100 of which will be available from HDR.
(The other 200 will be divided by the bands to sell on tour)

We're expecting to sell our copies fairly quickly, so if you're interested you can pre-order the record here

During pre-orders, the album is available for a discounted price of $12CDN + shipping, and the record also comes with download-only bonus songs, and two 11cm x 7cm Nachtterror and Altars of Grief logo stickers!

Check out the pre-order link above for all the details and tracklisting!
Hope you enjoy the new material from Nachtterror and Altars of Grief if you do decide to check it out.

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